If I Should Die
Peyton Farley has settled into a new life in southwest Montana. Research and fact checking for a local newspaper is a perfectly safe job, or is it? One morning, Peyton awakens and finds a strange man in lace up work boots who is bleeding out on her kitchen floor. As Peyton calls 911 from her bedroom, someone is stealing the body.
Milk Carton People
Milk Carton People is a paranormal thriller about people who suddenly find themselves invisible, able to observe things but unable to participate. Do they go mad? Maybe they find others. It is quite possible that there is no point in being invisible.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
2009 What Can I Say?
On a local scale, there was a terrible explosion and fire in Downtown Bozeman. The City made national news with what we refer to as “Password-Gate.” And the Teamsters Union Members, after six months without a contract, blinked in the harsh reality of a recession and continued to appear at work as usual.
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Tagged fire, flu, gym, H1N1, hand sanitzer, news, Obama, password-gate
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Seasonal Affective Disorder and other Sticky Wickets
If the dark days of winter lasted any longer I would probably have to buy one of those lights or convince my family to move south. Thankfully though, every daylight after the 21st until late June is going to be a few minutes longer. Vitamin D and a good workout can help keep the undescribable moment of despair away or at least down to a manageable few minutes a day.
Gone Fishing or Mirror Mirror
Adam Lambert and Kate Gosselin have the same hairstyle. When the temperature drops below zero the dog does her business toot-sweet. Our Ecclectus Parrot only needs to see the orange handled nail clippers coming out of the drawer and she scrambles beak over feet to her big iron bird cage.
Posted in Sally Light
Tagged 2009, H1N1, hairstyles, news, Obama, parrot, whitehouse, winter
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The Missing People in this Post are Not Real …
A person who has been busted for a crime, a person on parole or probation who is not supposed to be hanging out with other people of questionable reputation is certainly not going to make a report that his buddy and fellow prankster has gone missing. A woman who has gone missing herself, perhaps hiding from an abusive life partner is not going to want to provide personal information about herself in order to report an abduction she witnessed. There are many reasons for failing to report a crime, a body, or a missing person.
Throwaway People in the United States
Having touched on these issues, is there anything anyone can do to curb these numbers? In my research of these problems I have not saved or identified a single victim, nor have I lessened anyone’s risk of becoming one of these missing people. I feel fairly powerless.
Does public awareness cause social change? Does knowing a number change the number?
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Tagged foster children, human trafficking, missing people, run aways, throwaways, US
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